Originally Posted by
RAT 5
Has Mr. WAT been at work again. Does it even still apply to modern beasts? There was the case, 20 years ago, at MXP, after much extensive resurfacing work to one runway where the truth was unearthed, literally. No doubt the cheapest tender had been accepted, or it was the cousin of the mayor, or it was the uncle of the airport manager, or......but he first take off of a heavy, on a very hot day, gouged chunks out off the new surface. Dodgy black stuff from the back of a lorry had been spread, it was suspected.
Might have been off the same back of a lorry lot that flew away after a Royal Air Maroc 737-200 opened the taps at TRN last year (or maybe the one before that)in hot weather. Happened right in front of my eyes. Whole strips of ashphalt blown away like paper.